H01 - Horizontal Facial Proportions of Adults

Beginner |15 Pages - 19 Illustrations


Before you attempt to draw adult faces, it helps to know how to plan a place for everything, sort of like a blueprint. Even though the heads and faces of adults come in many shapes and sizes, the same basic guidelines for proportions apply to almost everyone.

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